Originally Posted by lclang

Crock pots are great! I make apple butter, cook rice, dry beans, breakfast oatmeal, and you can make bread, all sorts of desserts, sauces, cobblers, bake apples, potatoes. I have three crock pots and use them all. Fantastic for "Musgo" soup. Just put all leftovers in the pot that you think would make a good soup, add seasonings, cheeses, or whatever you have on hand. ("Musgo" soup is what you make from the stuff in your fridge that is still good but not enough for another meal, or leftover veggies and you look at the container and say, "This musgo!) There are tons of good recipes for crock pot meals on the internet.